dispute
dispute is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
- transitive verb. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
- transitive verb. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
- transitive verb. To strive or contend about; to contest.
- transitive verb. To struggle against; to resist.
- intransitive verb. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
- intransitive verb. Contest; struggle; quarrel.
- noun. coming into conflict with
- noun. a disagreement or argument about something important
"he had a dispute with his wife"
"there were irreconcilable differences"
- verb. have a disagreement over something
"We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"
"These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
- verb. take exception to
"She challenged his claims"
Synonyms
contravention, conflict, difference, altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap, challenge, gainsay
Common word forms
disputed, disputer, disputes, disputing, disputeful, disputeless
Words from these letters
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